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Murmurations!

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:24 pm
by Kev
Saw these over the last couple of days at the nature reserve up the road at Otmoor.

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Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:10 pm
by Placido
Eerie, Kev :photo: :clap:

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 2:02 pm
by nuthatch
Exciting stuff, Kev :woohoo: :bunny: :D

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:27 pm
by Kev
Quite a good show today
This one looks like the human torch is attacking a church :)


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These two big balls of starlings looked like they were going to collide
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Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:23 pm
by Jacksparrow
All good but my favourite is the top one. It looks like the head and shoulders of a human in flight. :)

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:55 pm
by JooMoo
I saw the starlings at Aberystwyth earlier this year and it was rather good. Your pictures are fab.

I do get to see the jackdaws murmurating round here, albeit in smaller numbers. One day I'll have my camera and stop and take some pics. I see them round the other side of the hill I live on, but I don't see them by my house.

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:31 am
by nuthatch
:yes:

I like the second and third best where the church tower looks like a firework or confetti gun :love: :laugh:

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 12:04 am
by Biker
Painting pictures in the sky for us all to interpret and enjoy. Nice Kev, really nice. :clap: :clap:

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:00 pm
by Kev
It's an amazing sight. It's cool to see the build up too. Just as the sun is going down little groups start to arrive like squadrons of planes in WWII. Then they join in to the main group which gets bigger and swoops around a lot until they decide to land and then they drop like a dart to the ground and settle in. Over the next 20 minutes or so, other groups arrive as well. It's like every starling in Oxfordshire was turning up for a big party :)

Re: Murmurations!

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:29 pm
by Willpar
Lovely pics kev.